Campaigners warn of cyberbullying rise at start of new school year

The start of the school academic year is the "perfect storm" for cyberbullying, as searches for information about online abuse skyrocket, campaigners have warned.
Research has revealed the number of Google searches for "cyberbullying" in September and October were almost eight times higher than during the summer months last year.
Safety group Internet Matters said the return to school often coincided with children getting smartphones and greater means of communicating with each other online.
Combined figures from September and October 2015 showed the term was searched... read more

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